“Jacksonville police have identified a suspect in Sunday’s hit-and-run death of a 2-year-old girl at an apartment complex. Janya Diane Solomon walked in front of the vehicle at Harold House apartments while it was stopped so the occupants could talk to a pedestrian, police said Monday. The vehicle began to accelerate and hit the toddler. The driver got out after the accident and the passenger slipped over to the driver’s seat and began to drive away. The driver got back in before they fled. The vehicle was later located at Leigh Meadows Apartments at 4320 Sunbeam Road but not the driver. The Sheriff’s Office issued an alert for Serdarus Migel Scott, 34, as the suspect. The toddler lived at the apartment complex at 3650 Ring Lane where the accident occurred about 5:15 p.m. Sunday. The complex is off Emerson Street east of Interstate 95. She was taken to a hospital where she was declared dead.” (Florida Times Union)

A Florida hit and run car accident can be a misdemeanor or felony crime. It depends on the injury involved. Obviously, the most serious hit and run charge results if a person dies due to injuries sustained from the car accident. If you are involved in a car accident that causes injuries, you must stop and render aid. If you do not, you could be facing criminal charges.